sancionesvenezuela

📊 One less name on the list
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, confirmed this Wednesday, October 14, the removal of Jorge Rodríguez, president of the National Assembly and brother of interim president Delcy Rodríguez, from its list of sanctioned individuals. The announcement appeared on the agency’s recent actions page, with no formal explanation of the reasons provided.
Rodríguez had been subject to sanctions since 2018: asset freezes, the blocking of property, accounts, and assets under U.S. jurisdiction, and an explicit ban on U.S. citizens, companies, and banks conducting any transaction or providing any financial services to him, directly or indirectly. His removal from the list follows that of Delcy Rodríguez, whose name was removed last April.

📊 A meeting without cameras that shook the economic agenda
The White House confirmed that Donald Trump and the acting president Delcy Rodríguez held a meeting this Tuesday, September 22, at the Lotte New York Palace hotel, as part of the reception that the U.S. president hosted for foreign leaders during the UN High-Level Week. There was no press, no joint statements, and no official agenda was published. Far from diminishing its impact, this secrecy makes it the strongest political signal the country has received in years.

The high-level week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly gets under way in New York with a menu packed with open conflicts: Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Cuba and, of course, Venezuela. Under the slogan "restoring trust," heads of state will sit down to discuss peace, cooperation, and the Sustainable Development Goals. But for anyone operating with cryptocurrencies in the country, what really matters isn’t the speeches—it’s what’s going on behind the scenes: oil, visas, sanctions, and the endless standoff with Washington.